Originally Posted by Stinkypup

...are there any uncrackable programmes or apps for this purpose?

Originally Posted by Stinkypup

I have considered that but effectively that is what the parental control was supposed to do with the Linksys router

Gozit, I need your tech skills... Router is Linksys WRT 1900AC- how is he cracking the router password and Linkysys account password?? He just flicks the settings to never applying parental control times... Little sod
Would the app be any more successful?
It isn't the content I'm bothered about, it is the timing that he can access the PC online.
Has anyone thwarted your attempts to get online Gozit?

Originally Posted by Gozit

Ah yes I can see that. I just learned that lesson on my own, ie if I go to bed too late then i'm grouchy and can't function at school the next day. But its just natural consequence, no nudging from the parents there. I've learned my limits on how late I can be up doing something until it affects me the next day. I then reward myself with staying up late on the weekends and sleeping in till whenever I want. He'll figure it out on his own.

You see, today, doing stuff like that (IMHO) hinders their abilities with technology which is a skill they need in today's society. I know parents who only allow their kids 10 minutes on a computer per day, and the rest of their day is completely structured with private tutoring, private music lessons, private this private that, blah blah blah, the kids go to French immersion school, (and every time I call round to do some techie work for them they ask me why I don't go to French immersion school) etc etc. I know if my parents were like that with technology then i'd never have found the interest and skill I have in it today which will become my career. When I see parents like those ones I just think the kids are being robbed of what could potentially be a career opportunity and an area of skill. The ironic thing about that family is the dad works as a Software Developer.

Anyways, rant over. Not saying you were like that with yours, the parents I cited are way more extreme. But I think natural consequences generally outweigh parental forcing/punishment as long as it isn't a life or death situation.

Again, really, for a 16 year old too much. Factory reset the device and that sod is gone off it. Thats what I would do and I suspect any bright teenager could figure that one out.

He either knows you very well and knows what passwords you would use, or he is simply taking a ballpoint pen to the little recessed "reset" button on the back of the router and resetting it to factory defaults, then inputting the SSID and password so it doesn't look like anything was reset.

Is the PC in his room? Does he have a mobile phone? The thing I would be concerned with as a parent if I was restricting the wifi network is the kid flicking the wi-fi setting on his phone to off and using up all of the mobile data allowance for the month on his phone and causing overages.

You could try a parental control software on his PC combined with a non-administrator account. That would be alot harder to crack than the router. Microsoft does a good one for free.

And, no, no one dares thwart me as i'm the one that controls all the technology in the house

Originally Posted by Stinkypup

Both bands are password protected. I think even Gozit is a bit stumped. I don't think your plan was a bad one- not practical. I just need to use the turning the router in 5 minutes threat

Originally Posted by Stinkypup

Router is Linksys WRT 1900AC- how is he cracking the router password and Linkysys account password??

Originally Posted by StormWolf